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CVC, EQT Credit in second refinancing round for Paymentsense
Debt package follows a first refinancing deal in November 2016 by the debt providers
Maven appointed to manage £27m fund for north-east England
GP has secured a number of mandates to manage publicly funded regional vehicles in recent months
Project A et al. in $4.2m round for Aula
Funding will enable the education-focused online communication company to pursue product development
Mercia invests in £3m round for ITL
Automotive components supplier will undertake recruitment in its commercial and operations teams
Dawn Capital holds £165m first and final close for third fund
VC firm's latest vehicle is nearly three times the size of its predecessor, Dawn II
MJ Hudson promotes Brozyniak and Amos to partner
Brozyniak joined MJ Hudson in 2017 from Macfarlanes and Amos joined from Allen & Overy
BGF invests £6.5m in Kids Planet
Deal comes 20 months after the GP invested £10m in the UK-based nursery school operator
Inflexion acquires minority stake in Huws Gray
GP invested in the builders' merchant with capital drawn from its £400m partnership capital vehicle
Apollo's take-private bid pre-emptively rejected by FirstGroup
Transport group's board reject an approach for the company, which has a market cap of £1.3bn
VC firms back £29m series-B for Enterprise Therapeutics
Forbion, Versant, Novartis, Epidarex and IP Group all take part in the financing
Foresight injects £2.1m into Codeplay
Deal will fund the computing process optimisation firm's expansion into the autonomous vehicle space
Lenders take control of CBPE portfolio company Sofa.com
LGT European Capital has taken over the furniture retailer after CBPE's three-year tenure
Mobeus invests £14m in Geotech
GP's buyout team led the deal for the UK-based provider of ground stabilisation services
Palatine reaps more than 3x on Westleigh sale to Countryside
Transaction values the home builder at up to £135.4m, two years after the GP invested at a £65m EV
Parkwalk and IQ inject $5.3m into Spectral Edge
UK-based image processing business will use the fresh capital to build up its R&D team
C5 appoints Cooke as managing partner
In his new role, Cooke will take responsibility for all aspects of fundraising and IR
Quilvest acquires Phaidon International
Specialist STEM sector recruitment business increased its underlying EBITDA to £10.4m last year
Hg invests in TA-backed Access in £1bn EV deal
TA will retain a joint controlling stake in the business software company following the deal
YFM backs Eikon Group
Firm draws equity for the transaction from YFM Equity Partners 2015 Co-investment LP and two VCTs
Octopus backs £18.6m series-B for Origami Energy
Round was led by listed energy company Aggreko, with CIC and Fred Olsen also taking part
Bridgepoint's BigHand bolts on DWR
Following the deal, BigHand plans to further develop its software product and bolster its growth
Cabot Square sells LDF to White Oak
Sale ends a holding period of four years for Cabot Square, which bought the firm from Investec
Triton acquires Chevron in debut UK deal
Deal marks the GP's third investment in the European work-zone safety services market
GCP promotes Shaw to partner
Shaw joined GCP in April 2012 and was previously an investment director at the firm